Does anyone remember this song, Frère Jacques?

[GGizmo]

As a kid we all used to sing this song all in French. I don't know why.

Does anyone else remember this song as a kid?

Here is a video so you can hear it;

 

[savagesam117]

I do indeed remember this song. Although, I’ve never seen the video.

 

[Hades]

Yep.

 

[The Funktopus]

Having watched Treadstone, I hope you’re happy with all the deaths you’ve just caused.

 

[Hagar]

Yes.

People of a certain age, like 'Sur la pont d,Avignon'.

 

[Diddums]

Absolutely. We even had an Afrikaans version in Saffrica.

 

[Malevolence]

Having watched Treadstone, I hope you’re happy with all the deaths you’ve just caused.

Came to say yes I remember it, but also to mention the Cicada protocol.

 

[builder22]

frera jah ka, frera jahka
dormy voo dormy voo
consta dela tina, consta dela tina
bing bang bong bing bang bong


is how i remember it

e:just watched the video - was much more upbeat when sang in school!

 

[COYS]

Definitely remember this.

It also reminded me that we used to sing Lilly The Pink at school too. No idea why.

 

[jms198]

Its never gone away, we just left school a while ago . Kids bring you back to these things.

Give pirouette cacahuete a blast, that's a banging tune.

 

[Jim99]

Soggy semolina

 

[Blackjack Davy]

Yep, its one of those songs that they teach very young children to sing for reasons no-one seems to know why so everyone knows it but no-one has a clue where or when they learnt it. Another would be Sur le Pont d'Avignon which I know the words to but had look up the meaning of a while ago as my french is atrocious.
Every so often these deeply imbedded and random memories pop into your head when you can't sleep or something and you think dang where did that come from...

 

[That Jekka Gal]

Yes, it was sung as a “round” where one group would start singing and then the next group would start the song as the first group was starting the second line and so on with up to four or five groups singing different lines.

WTF that was all about, God only knows.

 

[Maccy]

Frere Jacquer, you’re a slapper…

 

[Stu999]

 

[Saint1972]

School dinners,school dinners
Concrete chips,concrete chips
Soggy semolina,soggy semolina
I feel sick,toilet quick.

 

[Efour]

Probably something drummed into our generations music teachers.

 

[pepp77]

is this the soggy semolina song?

 

[Maundie]

Remember it from French lessons at school in the late 80s

 

[CircleFaust]

yeah used to remember the words in french but only remember the tune now